Customers walking into Elegant Lady Cheesecake Parlor know the pastry shop for its classic Hollywood flair, where cases of gourmet donuts are surrounded by scripts and other film memorabilia.
Owner Gary Hagen, writing under the name Gary King, is taking that same whimsy that inspired his shop to the pages of his first book.
Titled “Romancing Hollywood,” the book is a comedic set of scenes from the behind-the-scenes world of filmmaking.
Hagen said he was inspired to take on the project by some of Hollywood’s greats, particularly how they found ways to entertain and uplift audiences even through some of history’s challenging chapters…